Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2004
Contact: Betsy Woods, Executive Director
Chamber of Commerce
109 N. Market St.
North Manchester, IN 46962
260.982.7644 office
260.982.8718 fax
nmcc@kconline.com
www.northmanchesterchamber.com

Thank You
January 30, 2004

The North Manchester Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a great big thank you to all of those who attended our 60th Annual Chamber Dinner on January 22. We were all reminded how wonderful the North Manchester community truly is. We appreciate your support and look forward to an even better dinner program in 2005.

Thank you to the many volunteers who worked so hard on this event. We really appreciate all the time and effort you put forth this year and every year - Karen Fawcett, Laura Rager, Sandy Williams, Glenda Christiansen, Lois Karnof, Sandy Atkinson, Jennifer Andres, Sharon Fruitt, Sarah Hmidan, Jeanne Andersen, and especially to Kari Speicher, "my right hand woman." Your patience, hard work and dedication are amazing! Thank you, Kari, for everything you do.

Thank you, Bernie Ferringer of North Manchester Greenhouse and Florist, for donating all of the flowers. You put the finishing touch on the event. Thank you, Jeff Hire and Laura Rager of Hire's Gift and Electronics, for donating your time, audio equipment and merchandise. Thank you, Ron Gruhlke of Alco, for donating merchandise. Thank you, Jeanne Andersen and the Center for History, for allowing us to transform your building and for being so willing to help with anything we needed! Thank you Manchester High School for a fabulous musical performance and for your support! Thank you John Mugford and the Town of North Manchester, for putting sand on the icy alleys surrounding the Center for History. Thank you Video and Sound Productions of Warsaw for donating the video. Thank you, David Grandstaff of Grandstaff Rendering Service, for continually reminding me that everything would be spectacular - even in the midst of chaos. Thank you, Manchester College, for doing a fabulous job - Dave Friermood for bearing the bitter cold to make delivery after delivery of tables, chairs, table clothes…basically anything we needed! You are a hard working and outstanding gentleman. Thank you, Cheryl Budnik and Chartwells Dining Service, for catering a fabulous dinner! Once again, you were amazing. We appreciate all of your hard work! Thank you, Chris Garber, for being "the man behind the scenes," doing whatever needed to be done. Thank you, President Parker and Ann Marden, for continually supporting the Chamber. We will miss you dearly! The list goes on and on…thank you to everyone who made our 60th Annual Chamber Dinner possible. It's amazing how generous our community is. We really appreciate you!

And last, but certainly not least, thank you to our Annual Dinner Sponsors…Manchester College, Beacon Credit Union, Cinergy PSI, Wabash County Hospital, MSKTD Architects Engineers Interiors, Peabody Retirement Community, Strauss Veal Feeds, Pizza Hut and Lance's New Market. Without your support, the Chamber Dinner would not be possible.

Congratulations Karl and Bonnie Dee Merritt, Citizens of the Year; Terry and Pam McKee, Spirit of the Community; Peabody Retirement Community, Founders Award; Key Pharmacy, Business of the Year; and Schutz Brothers, Inc., Industry of the Year.

The Chamber could not organize events without the support of the entire community. We appreciate all you do. Thank you for a great evening. I am proud to be a part of North Manchester.

Betsy Woods
Executive Director
North Manchester Chamber of Commerce

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